Brad Smelser

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) allows an employer to take a tip credit toward its obligation to pay a minimum wage to tipped employees. Since tips are the property of the employ... Read more

Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers could not prevent workers from filing work-related claims as a class or collective action, essentially prohibiting... Read more

As social media such as Facebook and Twitter become more popular, so do policy directives of employers that try to curb employees’ activities. In a recently issued memo, the acting general c... Read more